Acknowledgements
A lot of work goes into the production of a novel and that typically means many people are involved. You’ve probably seen acknowledgement pages with paragraphs and paragraphs of people listed, all who’ve done amazing things for the author to aid in the publication of their story. You won’t see that here.
This is my first novel. It’s taken a year to produce from idea to publication. I don’t have a bunch of editors and designers and researchers to thank or gush over. I only have my family and friends. They’ve done all that heavy lifting for me. They’re wonderful people with infinite patience. They’ve listened to me talk about writing, about the way ideas come, about sticky continuity issues, about the selection of names. They’ve questioned me about the confusing and chasti
